Sign.



1.1. BARKER.

SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED Dials. 1911.

Patented May14,1918

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Spsieaticn of Letters hiaat,

Pntenizer Mey iid, i916.

peeon med December 15, i917'. Serial No. 201Mo.

1 h n311 whom. may concern:

Be il; known het JOHN ,keine Bernina,

snhjeei; or King of @reas Britain, 'and esiden; or rire ioivn or Cowansville, in the Province or Quebec, in the Dominion or" here invenied certain new and useiui improvements in Signs, of which the oiioiving is "che meciiicninion.

T e invention relates io improvements in sig/ns es described in the present speciiieeiion and iiiustrsied in ,the accompanying drorings :Ecrin peri of the same.

e invern consists esseniially of the noi-'ei `rfoiuneiion of a sign of peper meieriei, preiierehiy Cord or pesi I hoard, Where A j" rhs pores or inierstices ihewof are eeotneiiv elosed and 1zhe sheerl rendered lirnpervious to mnisure es Weil as reinforced generaiij.

fie ohiecs or" vn iviii s and he 1 io devise and other newd .r advertising o oheepen eine oost of cil-,ion of indoor and sh o which Wiii "nsiend ich@ ineiernencies oi? the Weather, enenily eo provide o. Cheap, durable c srvieeehie signi 'in *he drawing-5, Figure is e pien vievv Fie 1s ereggeroied cross seeionai A Fig. e cross seesionel view of e spe- ,feiailv reinforced Silvie oi this sign.

iii *e .numerals of reference indica-ie con responding ports n1 each nguie.

e'eiring 'io ine drawings, she numeral l indioeies a sheeiI of comparatively hin hoord. which may nhe ci shope and er en?? size..

This card in iis originel siete-end cui ro proper size i, prinied by 'lithographie or other process wish ighe design ietiering or other metier oonioining ehe announcee eerfi is now teken and ireeoed ivih ne gine 2 with e. hodmp; strength ondred and izhirty pounds to he en.

ier,

,w 5 rebijv ineens or e,

ion-'er roii dipping e ueif, and smearing `che gine over for the saper und the upper presn 1ner gine "oy e,

of epproximaigeiy 200 pounds into the pores or interstioes 'of the card board.

The preerahie mixture in dissolving the glue is ten parte glue and three parts Water.

The temperature at which the application of the gine is mode is one hundred and fifty degrees Fehr. and it is advisable to run `the card four times through the rolls for each surface.

The card is now permitted to dry for e. period of three hours or so andv then e Wax oil iiler 3 is applied "no the hack only ofthe card by the same or a similar mecliine and `this substance stops up the pores or other interstioes and :forms a soaring as Well Without effecting to any materiel eX- tent ihe ezrihility or" the cercl.

' The card is again put to dry for a period of tivo hours or so, l

The fece of they card over the printers ink and glue is now peined with e varnish 4 composed of one gelon of enamel varnish to one pint of bleached iinseed oil and then aiiowed to dry for 'twenty-four hours or so.

Both the Weir oil and the varnish are applied ai room temperature, The sign is bound hy the metal strip 5, which is rst rolled on io the ends and then to the 'top and bottom edges, though it is no?I essentiel, es to the manner of application, for the signs may 1oe orl so many different shapes.

The hoes 6 for the hanging nails or tacks may he placed any Where. through the hinding strips and 'card iherein inciosed.

ln Fig". 3 ihe card hoard is reinforced hy a mili board, the binding strips including' both cord and mill hoard, the latter rooly attached to the former hva coat of glue.

lr will he seen hv the description in detail hereinbefore, that o .sign is produced v quite impervious so moisture and therefore sol Whaty claim isz- 1 1. An out door pasteboard sign having printed matter thereon forming an announcementy and a transparent Weatherproof covering lof a'substance `adapted toy take form and enter and cap `the pores 'on one side and further a Weatherproof covering of a substance on the other side adapted to do likewise, the unprotectedy edges being closed `:from exposure to the Weather by strips of metal folded over Yopposite edges folded over the otherk edge-s` and further and over thel aforesaid Strips.

2. A sign, comprising a sheet of paper` board material having on one side a printed design in contrasting colors, a substance ep-` plied to the back adapted to capran'd fill board, a metal form a waterproof coating exible in its l therearound and therebetween and thereby consistent state, a millboard backing formi ing a reinforcement and glued to said paper binding strip joining said mill and paper boards at the edges, and a clear varnishY covering vthe front'o said bound boards and through which said design appears.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this 5th day of December, 1917.

JOHN J AMES BAKKER. 

